Author bids adieu to one of Kansas City's best known roller coasters, the Orient Express, which was dismantled prior to the 2004 season at Worlds of Fun. As part of his homage to the coaster, the author...

For more than 20 years, Randal Strong-Wallace has been building model roller coasters. Currently his "Project 31: The Roller Coasters of Worlds of Fun," will be on exhibit at the Union Station. Article...

Entire section of the paper dedicated to articles and photos on Worlds of Fun and its predecessors as local amusement parks, including the following "parks": Electric, Winnwood, Fairmount, Carnival, Mount...

Article of speculations about a World's Fair in Kansas City possibly in the early 1980s, comparing it to the realized dreams of Worlds of Fun and the Truman Sports Complex and discussing its potential...

Photos and article about the growth of Kansas City tourism and prominence in the early 1970s with various established and new sites and venues such as Crown Center, River Quay, Worlds of Fun, and the Harry...

Photos, illustration, and article about the new amusement park known as Worlds of Fun "[l]ocated only seven miles northeast of the downtown area in the rolling hills of Clay County." Owned by Lamar Hunt...

This postcard collection includes a wide variety of subjects such as buildings, parks, streets, people, and festivals. Although the cards cover a wide geographical area, the two major portions of the collection...

This collection includes zines, mini-comics, and mail art created by local Kansas Citians. Zines (pronounced "zeens" as in the word magazine) are self-published works of art and writing where the author...

45 miles of wire used to illuminate 150,000 colored bulbs at the Plaza. Record 60 degree temperatures responsible for drawing 125,000 to the traditional event, also attended by Santa Claus, George Brett,...

Photos and biographical article about Morgan Maxfield (~1941-1981), "financier, real estate tycoon and 40-year-old playboy who died last September [1981] in a plane crash." Description of his life and...